NKR President says cooperation with Yerevan Brandy Company successfulMarch 25, 2011 - 17:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 25, President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan received Executive Director of Yerevan Brandy Company (YBC) Ara Grigoryan. The company’s activity in Artsakh in 2010, as well as plans for 2011 were in the focus of the meeting. Mr. Sahakyan considered cooperation with YBC to be successful, adding that there are all prerequisites for its further boosting. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |